Wednesday, 12 February 2014
My great-great-grandfather's glasses
I lived at my parents house for 23 years, so I can`t remember any other place with so many good memories for me. I could spend hours talking about how every corner of that house if full of good stories and feelings related to all this time living there. But inside one of my boxes situated on the top shelf of my wardobre, there is one of my most treasured possessions: my great-great-grandfather's glasses. He was wearing them when he arrived in Brazil, from Portugal, at the end of the 19th century. It is a very small and fragile object: both lenses are very thin and it has no arms. To use it, the glasses must be stucked on the nose. It is not a family treasure, but I really appreciate its history. It is also a present from my grandfather, he handed down to me before receiving it from his father. One day, I hope, I will give it to one of my sons or to their children.
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What an unusual family heirloom! How fascinating to have a direct link to one of the settlers who came from Portugal. Do you know what your great-great-grandfather did as a living?
ReplyDeleteYes! When he arrived he had no chance to choose, so he worked with the first job that it was offered to him. He became a milkman and after some years of hard work he opened his own business, a clothes store. And severeal years later, he was a very well succeeded businesman.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very inspiring story :)
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